By katsaysner - 17/10/2014 17:56 - United States - Unity

Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
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Zoldyck 17

And that is the reason why I'll never understand the way school works. P.S., He's probably jealous because he couldn't get those grades himself. Keep it up OP :)

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CrazyLaughs4Me 17

What a jerk, can't accept an over achiever when he sees one ;-)

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BobbieH 19

How is a professor supposed to inspire you to do well if that's what happens when you do? Keep up the hard work! It's the best path to success!

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kayteakay 26

I'm proud of you OP. Great job! :)

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econprof 2

Hi, I'm an economics professor (no kidding, really!), and I wanna say: Congratulations! That is really great. Many people consider economics to be a difficult subject, so getting the highest grade is awesome. And, I also want you to know that I signed up for an account on FML (after years of lurking), for the sole reason of taking the time to congratulate you. I think your accomplishment was really important. I wish you the best of luck in your life.

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TacoloverSWE 23

American education system in a nutshell.

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Holy_Code 7

Study, ace the next test, and when he criticizes you again, smirk, get the paper, and start fanning yourself with it. Your face should display a "STILL BETTER THAN YOU" expression.

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pere 11

This could be completely wrong... but for some reason, the way this reads struck me as being about a male professor who doesn't understand why a woman would be good at/want to invest time into studying economics. I actually hope I'm wrong, and that the prof is just a jerk and not sexist. But plenty of those types of people still exist, sadly with some being in the education system. Good luck, OP. I'm an "overachiever," too, (aka. a hard worker!).

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CyberGothic 16

If it was a Socialist professor being forced to teach Free Market Capitalist Economics then getting dressed down for working hard and succeeding is really par for the course.

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AGuyNamedI 7

Been there, done that. With most of my technical professors. From my experience, there are two causes of this. 1) The professor doesn't take their job too seriously, and can't understand why anyone else would. (For example, if the professor asked for a 1 page, size 12 font, double spaced, and you give a 3 page, size 10 font, single spaced... This is not what the professor asked for, and it WILL upset them.) This would also fit if your academic level is above their own. (I have personally been penalized due to the educators lack of understanding of the topic... Until I walked them through it) 2) The professor is concerned that you are spending too much time on a particular subject. This could be a legitimate concern. If you're working yourself to death, even though you're in the 99th percentile, I'd be concerned too.

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